Kent Business School

Location: Canterbury
Salary: £27,511 to £30,942 per annum
Grade: Grade 6
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term - 24 Months
Release Date: Tuesday 15 June 2021
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Monday 05 July 2021 (unless otherwise stated)
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: KBS-027-21

Are you a proactive and efficient individual? Can you support a growing range of activities in business startup and entrepreneurship? Kent Business School are offering an exciting opportunity to join their team on a full time basis for a 2 year period to work on a new initiative Accelerator Space for Innovation and Responsible Enterprise (ASPIRE).

The ASPIRE is the home of entrepreneurship and business start-up support for the Kent Business School (KBS) and wider University through programmes including the Business Start-Up Journey (BSUJ), Self-Employed Year in Industry (Selfies) and Start-Up Visa endorsement. The ASPIRE provides the physical space for entrepreneurs to share and test ideas, inspiring students to start a business, generate ideas, provide impactful training, mentorship and seek investment to start a business.

You will provide operational support and coordination of the ASPIRE’s programmes and activity supporting student and graduate start-ups, the development of entrepreneurial skills and socially responsible entrepreneurs. The ASPIRE’s work is central to KBS mission as a School of sustainable innovation and has the Sustainable Development Goals at the heart of all its activity.

As ASPIRE Project Officer you will need to:
• work with academic and professional service members of the School to deliver an excellent student experience in relation to ASPIRE activities
• be responsible for the operational delivery marketing, promotion and recruitment of the BSUJ and related ASPIRE events
• be responsible, with support, for developing and maintaining an interactive portal as a onestop shop for the BSUJ
• help commercialise the research outputs of the ASPIRE and Business School

To be successful in this role you will have:
• A minimum of a first degree in a relevant discipline or relevant professional experience
• Experience of working in a Business Development /External Services environment
• Experience of gathering intelligence to develop services and products to meet client needs
• A good understanding of the needs, drivers and support required to start a business

Kent Business School are forward–looking, with international reach and research strengths in a range of areas. The School has successfully developed the level and standard of its research in the REF 2014, which has allowed us to submit more than 70% of our research active staff, building on a base of more than half of the School's research activity (67%) being classified as 'world leading/internationally excellent' (3* and 4*).

KBS is a leading Business School, ranked in the top 30 in the UK and is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AASCB) which places KBS within the top institutions globally for business degrees, with only 5% of the world’s Business Schools attaining this accreditation. Engaging teaching, world-class research, professional partnerships and an international community create an exciting atmosphere in which to learn, where innovation is encouraged and challenges welcomed.

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. If you require further information regarding the application process please contact The Resourcing Team on jobs@kent.ac.uk quoting ref number: KBS-027-21